nounEtymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phenotype + copyDate: 1937
a phenotypic variation that is caused by unusual environmental conditions and resembles the normal expression of a genotype other than its own

phenocopy — [fē′nō käp΄ē] n. pl. phenocopies [ PHENO(TYPE) + COPY] Genetics an environmentally induced change in an organism that is similar to a mutation but is nonhereditary … English World dictionary

Phenocopy — A phenocopy is an individual whose phenotype (generally referring to a single trait), under a particular environmental condition, is identical to the one of another individual whose phenotype is determined by the genotype. In other words the… … Wikipedia

phenocopy — An environmentally produced phenotype simulating the effect of a particular genotype … Dictionary of molecular biology

phenocopy — /fee neuh kop ee/, n., pl. phenocopies. Genetics. the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation. [ < G Phänokopie (1935); see PHENOTYPE … Universalium

phenocopy — 1. noun A variation in an organism that resembles a genetic one, but has an environmental rather than a genetic cause, and is not inherited 2. verb To copy a genetic variation through environmental manipulation … Wiktionary

Phenocopy — A defect due to an environmental agent that imitates that produced by a specific gene. * * * An environmentally induced mimic of a disease that is characteristically produced by a specific gene. [G. phaino, to display, + copy] * * * phe·no·copy… … Medical dictionary